Teacher's Edition, question!

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>So like everybody else, I'm broke and I need to get my textbooks for school. ;_;</p>

<p>Apparently! I found someone selling a teacher's edition of my textbook that is way cheaper than if I just bought the regular version. </p>

<p>SHOULD I GET IT? O_O</p>

<p>Can I? o_O</p>

<p>Advice?</p>

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<p>Are you certain you have matched up the ISBN number for the required book versus what you see online? An alternative is to rent through Chegg or others.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I have the right ISBN number. It just happened to also come up via craigslist when I did a general search for the title. I’ve never rented a book. Seems a little daunting. I guess you just mail it back before it’s due? But you still lose money that way. Less than you would if you bought it full price I guess?</p>

<p>I’ll probably just stick with a used version from Amazon and try to sell it later on.</p>

<p>I guess… Yeah, because a cheap teacher’s edition - even though it’s the same book and edition and all. It’s probably just not right? I feel ethics are at hands here. hah</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1025041-textbook-instructor-edition.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1025041-textbook-instructor-edition.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If you are dead certain everything seems to match up, you are probably fine.</p>

<p>I think it’s Chegg.com. At some schools, I believe you can return them at the bookstore. See what the website notes. You have to weigh the rental cost against what you lose anyway, when reselling. And the convenience.</p>

<p>I may be wrong about the bookstore return. But you’ve got the box and the return shipping label.</p>

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<p>ah that follow up from an old thread helps. too. </p>

<p>hmm but wait, yeah i don’t find out i paid some random bloke x amount of money only to find that the book just has answers and not the actual problems.</p>

<p>hmm. oh well. i’ll consider renting too.</p>

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<p>I rent from bookrenter.com and it’s very easy. You don’t pay shipping (unless you need it fast) and you don’t pay for return shipping. You print off a shipping label from their website and drop it off at either ups or usps or fedex (you choose). I crunched the numbers and it’s usually a wash with what you would get once you sell the book back at the end of the semester, and you don’t have to worry about whether they will even buy your book back. Chegg’s prices are usually higher than bookrenter, so I’ve never tried that site out.</p>